The developers of the BitTorrent file-sharing protocol have unveiled what they describe as a new "multimedia format" called a Bundle.

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Qwiki is part Wikipedia, part Quoro and part Google, a search engine that presents curated results in a multimedia format.

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Microsoft Windows Media Player: This audio and video player supports almost any type of local and streamed multimedia format, including Real Audio, Real Video, QuickTime, MIDI, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MP3, AVI, .wav, .mov, .vod, and .au.

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Sony and Dutch powerhouse Philips are pushing their own DVD format, dubbed the MultiMedia CD.

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The company is working with Diamond Multimedia, creators of the Rio, to release some of its content in a secure format that can be played on the device.

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There are standards wars here, too, with some TV makers opting for the HDMI 1.3 multimedia cable interface supported by companies like Dolby and others looking ahead to the still nascent DisplayPort format from Analogix Semiconductor.

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